Roads and Bridges is a 2000 drama film written and directed by Abraham Lim about a Chinese-American man facing racial prejudice in the American Midwest.
He forms a friendship with Darrell (played by Gregory Sullivan), a Black man who has experienced years of racist treatment from the white co-workers on the road crew.
But when Johnson, an angry young Asian man, is assigned to his crew for the summer, Darrell is forced to confront the toll his survival tactics have taken.
[3] The The Daily Northwestern praised the excellent performances of Lim and Sullivan and, while noting that the six-year "length of shooting shows in the film’s evolving aesthetic, with some scenes looking amateur and others well-executed", states that the director has dealt with a "tough subject [(racism)] with aplomb".
[4] Ted Shen for the Chicago Reader said that although the voice-overs were overly sentimental, the "twists and turns of the men's unfolding friendship are astutely paced" and "languid, stifling atmosphere of a backwater town" are meticulously crafted.